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by tremens 3133 days ago
This comment is strikingly myopic and follows a strain of insular opinion that seems to have become more popular in recent years in tech circles ("Most of them are also not necessary").

Music and the arts have long been documented as wonderful ways to enhance abstract thinking. And you might become a well rounded person as an added bonus!
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Myrmornis 3129 days ago
You might want to look up the definition of necessary!

> Music and the arts have long been documented as wonderful ways to enhance abstract thinking.

That is entirely consistent with them not being necessary to develop abstract thinking :)

I was just being logical, and trying to provide some subtle humor by giving the dry reply of a caricatured technophile rationalist to OP's evident enthusiasm for the arts.

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